Peers in the House of Lords are to have their expenses cut as part of Parliament's response to the scandal over allowances.

Members of the House of Lords will have their £18 million tax-free expenses cut under plans designed to end widespread abuse.

Reforms to be introduced following a series of expenses scandals involve an effective £3,000-a-year pay rise.

MEMBERS of the House of Lords are demanding an increase in their expenses, claiming the current arrangements amount to a financial 'ball and chain' which make their

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I quite like this recipe for a reformed House of Lords from Carl Gardner, the Head of Legal, posted at Freelance Intellectual, his "other" blog: My own recipe for Lords reform would be to have a chamber of 100 members elected by proportional representation under a list system, simply reflecting votes in the last general election. I'd retain the rule that members of the House were barred from ...

It was interesting to read yet another authoritative report from the House of Lords EU committee, this time on the future of European Regional Policy, but with unusual entertainment values as it contained some magisterial rebukes of the eurosceptic pressure group Open Europe. Amongst the Lords' conclusions were that the EU structural funds, though not without fault, were "effective and, in

Ever wondered how Lord Don Dixon manages? If the expenses rows in the House of Commons raise your eyebrows, then go to Letters from a Tory and set your teeth curling as he sets out what sort of expenses the former South Tyneside councillor Baron Dixon of Jarrow could be getting (if he decided to go

MEMBERS of the House of Lords are to be awarded a £200-a-day attendance fee under plans to overhaul their expenses system after a string of scandals.

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, has blamed the House of Lords for derailing attempts to prosecute Baroness Uddin over her expenses claims.